Iceland has tested 4.5% of their population and found a 16% infection rate (1135 out of 17904 tests). Dear expert twitter—does Iceland's data include non-random testing (and therefore have a higher infection rate than a truly random effort)? https://www.covid.is/data
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Replying to @Pinboard
Hello, Icelandic person here. The testing is not random. It comes from two sources: Government testing, of people with symptoms or directly exposed. Decode testing: Testing people who want to be tested (self selected sample).
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The bar for govt symptomatic tests is relatively high: aches, cough and 38.5C fever. I think bar may be lowered on a case-by-case basis depending on other factors (risk, exposure, etc.) at discretion of health care professionals.
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An update here: The government announced at their daily briefing today that they are preparing (in collaboration with deCODE) truly randomized testing within the general population. It will be exciting to see what they find.
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Replying to @HerraBRE
That is amazingly good news! Thank you for that update!
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Replying to @Pinboard
Yikes, now you've retweeted I regret not including the word "Icelandic" in there. Hopefully people will click through and read the thread. :-D
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I require contextual reading from my followers! We can't live like animals. And just on a personal level, I have loved Iceland for years and now we will have another reason to be deeply grateful to you all.
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